Call Me Irresponsible (album)

Call Me Irresponsible
Call Me Irresponsible
Studio album by Michael Bublé
Released	May 1, 2007
Recorded	September 2006 – March 2007
Studio	Chartmaker Studios (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)
Genre	Vocal jazz; traditional pop;
Length	50:27
Label	143; Reprise;
Producer	David Foster; Humberto Gatica; Bob Rock;
Michael Bublé chronology
Singles from Call Me Irresponsible
	"Everything"; Released: April 23, 2007; "Me and Mrs. Jones"; Released: September 3, 2007; "Lost"; Released: November 12, 2007; "It Had Better Be Tonight"; Released: December 8, 2007; "Comin' Home Baby"; Released: April 25, 2008;

Call Me Irresponsible is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. Released on May 1, 2007 via 143 and Reprise Records, it was produced by David Foster, Humberto Gatica, and Bob Rock. The album features renditions of classic traditional pop songs, including the title track "Call Me Irresponsible", "'Always on My Mind", and "Comin' Home Baby" featuring Boyz II Men. Two original tracks were written for the album, "Everything" and "Lost", both of which were co-written by Bublé.

Receiving mainly positive reception from critics, the album topped record charts in ten different countries, including the Canadian Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, Bublé's first entry to top the chart. It was certified four times platinum by Music Canada and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States, with 400,000 and 2 million certified copies respectively.

Release

The album's first single, "Everything", peaked at #46 on the U.S. Hot 100, Bublé's highest-peaking song until "Haven't Met You Yet" became his first Top 40 hit in 2009. It also debuted at number 3 on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts and now holds the record for the highest debut ever on that chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart. Bublé appeared on an American Idol season 6 results show to sing "Call Me Irresponsible" when scheduled singer Tony Bennett, with whom he had collaborated before on the album Duets: An American Classic (2006) was unable to attend. On Monday, April 23, 2007, members of Bublé's official fanclub Bungalow B were given an exclusive listening party of the album's tracks and a look at a video clip at "Lost", Bublé's second original song. On this day, his official site was also given a makeover to match his coming album and his official YouTube channel released the video for the lead single. The channel also has behind-the-scenes videos and short snippets of videos used to make various commercials and preview clips. The entire album leaked shortly before its release. This album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2007.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Album of the Year	60/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
All About Jazz
Album of the Year	71/100

The album received positive reception from music critics. Matt Collar of AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five, stating, "the album is a breezy, stylish good time... the unexpected reworkings of contemporary pop songs often make the biggest impact". Woodrow Wilkins of All About Jazz described Bublé's performances as "charismatic, talented and just plain good", stating further, "while maintaining a jazz flavor, this arrangement also captures a soulful element". Leigh Maneri of The Quinnipiac Chronicle rated the album five stars out of five, stating, " It is the perfect mixture of upbeat, soulful and serene melodies".

Chart performance

In the U.S., the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and rose to number one in its second week. The album is certified 1× platinum in United States. In Australia, the single peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart. While the album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number 1 with Bublé selling 37,005 copies of the album in the first week and giving him the highest sales for an album by an international artist in Australia for 2007. The album was also certified Platinum in its first week for shipments of 70,000 copies. The album sold a further 30,634 copies the second week, making Bublé the first artist in Australia for 2007 to sell over 30,000 units two weeks in a row. The album is now certified 4× platinum by ARIA for shipments of 280,000 copies. The album rose to number one again on July 2 and 9 and once more on July 22. The original version of Call Me Irresponsible has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK. In Europe, the album was certified 2× Platinum by IFPI for shipments of two million copies to date.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best Is Yet to Come"	Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh	David Foster Humberto Gatica	3:05
2.	"It Had Better Be Tonight" ("Meglio Stasera")	Henry N. Mancini Johnny Mercer Franco Migliacci	Foster Gatica	3:06
3.	"Me and Mrs. Jones"	Leon Huff Kenneth Gamble Cary Gilbert	Foster Gatica	4:33
4.	"I'm Your Man"	Leonard Cohen	Foster Gatica	4:59
5.	"Comin' Home Baby" (duet with Boyz II Men)	Robert L. Dorough Benjamin M. Tucker	Foster Gatica	3:27
6.	"Lost"	Michael Bublé Jann Arden Alan Chang	Foster Gatica	3:40
7.	"Call Me Irresponsible"	Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen	Foster Gatica	3:16
8.	"Wonderful Tonight" (duet with Ivan Lins)	Eric Clapton	Foster Gatica	4:12
9.	"Everything"	Bublé Chang Amy Foster-Gillies	Bob Rock	3:31
10.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Harold Arlen Ted Koehler	Foster Gatica	2:47
11.	"Always on My Mind"	Mark James Wayne Thompson John Christopher	Foster Gatica	4:30
12.	"That's Life"	Kelly Gordon Dean Thompson	Foster Gatica	4:15
13.	"Dream"	Johnny Mercer	Foster Gatica	5:06
Total length:				50:27

Special Edition Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"LOVE"	Milt Gabler Bert Kaempfert	Foster Gatica	2:50
Total length:				53:17

Japanese Special Edition Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"	Eric Maschwitz Jack Strachey	Foster Gatica	4:48
Total length:				55:15

Fan Club Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"LOVE"	Milt Gabler Bert Kaempfert	Foster Gatica	2:50
15.	"Orange Coloured Sky"	Milton DeLugg Willie Stein	Foster Gatica	3:30
Total length:				56:47

iTunes Deluxe Version Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"LOVE"	Milt Gabler Bert Kaempfert	Foster Gatica	2:50
15.	"Call Me Irresponsible (Behind the Scenes)" (video)			3:12
Total length:				56:29

Europe Tour Edition Bonus Disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stuck in the Middle with You"	Joseph Egan Gerry Rafferty	Foster Gatica	3:37
2.	"Lost" (Pop Mix)	Michael Bublé Jann Arden Alan Chang	Foster Gatica	3:39
3.	"Home" (Pop Mix)	Michael Bublé Amy Foster-Gillies Alan Chang		3:41
4.	"Orange Coloured Sky"	Milton DeLugg Willie Stein	Foster Gatica	3:28
5.	"Everything" (Bob Rock Mix)	Bublé Chang Foster-Gillies	Bob Rock	3:29
6.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	David Foster	2:06
7.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé Bob Wells	Foster	4:14
8.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	Foster	3:57
Total length:				28:11

Limited Edition Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Making of Call Me Irresponsible"	26:00
Total length:		26:00

Personnel

Musicians

Michael Bublé – vocals
Jochem van der Saag – programming, sound design
Gerald Clayton – keyboards (1), acoustic piano (5)
Tamir Hendelman – acoustic piano (1, 7), synthesizers (13)
David Foster – acoustic piano (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11), Rhodes piano (3, 8), keyboards (4)
Alan Chang – additional acoustic piano (8), acoustic piano (9)
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (12)
Mike Melvoin – acoustic piano (13)
Graham Dechter – guitars (1)
Dean Parks – guitars (2-6, 9-12)
Heitor Pereira – guitars (8)
Michael Landau – guitar (9)
Keith Scott – guitar (9)
David Sinclair – acoustic guitar (9)
Larry Koonse – guitars (13)
Christoph Luty – bass (1)
Nathan East – bass (2, 6)
Brian Bromberg – bass (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Norm Fisher – bass (9)
Chuck Berghofer – bass (13)
Jeff Hamilton – drums (1)
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (2-8, 10, 12)
Josh Freese – drums (9)
Joe LaBarbera – drums (11)
Ralph Humphrey – drums (13)
Emil Richards – percussion (1)
Rafael Padilla – percussion (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 8)
Marcelo Costa – percussion (8)
Don Williams – percussion (13)
Joel Peskin – saxophone solo (10)
Emily Blunt – backing vocals (3)
Boyz II Men – vocals (5)
Ivan Lins – vocals (8)

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Horn Section (Track 1)

Steve Becknell, Daniel P. Kelley, Joe Meyer and John A. Reynolds – French horn
Lee Callet, Frederick Fiddmont, Tom Peterson and Rickey Woodard – saxophones
George Bohanon, Guy Nepal, Ryan Porter and Maurice Spears – trombone
Gilbert Castellanos, Sal Cracchiolo, James Ford, Kye Palmer and Bijon Watson – trumpet
Jim Self – tuba

Horns and Additional backing vocals (Track 10)

David Boruff, Gary Foster Bill Liston, Sal Lozano and Joel Peskin – saxophones
Alan Kaplan, Charles Loper, Bruce Otto and Phil Teele – trombone
Rick Baptist, Wayne Bergeron, Dan Fornero and Bryan Lipps – trumpet

Choir (Track 12)

Lynne Fiddmont, Anthony Field, Sharlotte Gibson, Clorishey Lewis, Valerie Pinkston, Louis Price, Donald Smith, Beverley Staunton, Lisa Vaughn, Windy Wagner and Mervyn Warren

Additional vocals

Carmen Carter, Siedah Garrett and Toni Scruggs

Arrangements

John Clayton Jr. – arrangements (1)
David Foster – arrangements (2-6, 8, 10, 11), horn arrangements (2-5, 10), string arrangements (2, 3, 4, 11), vocal arrangements (5), rhythm arrangements (12)
Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (2, 3, 5), string arrangements (2)
William Ross – string arrangements (3, 11)
Don Sebesky – horn arrangements (4, 10), string arrangements (4)
Boyz II Men – vocal arrangements (5)
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements (6)
Alan Chang – arrangements (6, 9)
Bill Holman – arrangements (7)
Jorge Calandrelli – string arrangements (8)
Michael Bublé – arrangements (9), horn arrangements (10)
Bob Rock – arrangements (9)
Mervyn Warren – choir, horn, rhythm and string arrangements (12)
Johnny Mandel – arrangements (13)

Music Contractors

Ray Brown, Carmen Carter, Jules Chakin and Gina Zimmitti

Music Preparation

Julie Eidsvoog, Suzie Katayama and Joann Kane

Production

David Foster – producer (1-8, 10-13)
Humberto Gatica – producer (1-8, 10-13), recording (1-8, 10-13), mixing
Bob Rock – producer (9)
Johnny Mandel – co-producer (13)
Moogie Canazio – engineer (8)
Eric Helmkamp – recording (9)
Alejandro Rodriguez – additional engineer, digital audio engineer
Jorge Vivo – additional engineer, digital audio engineer
Jochem van der Saag – additional engineer
Chris Brooke – digital audio engineer
Sam Holland – assistant engineer
Mike Houge – assistant engineer
Sam Koop – assistant engineer
Dean Maher – assistant engineer
Eric Mosher – assistant engineer
Jared Nugent – assistant engineer
Eric Rennaker – assistant engineer
Antonio Resendiz – assistant engineer
Andrew Shaw – assistant engineer
Paul Smith – assistant engineer
Seth Waldmann – assistant engineer
Aaron Walk – assistant engineer
Ghian Wright – assistant engineer
Vlado Meller – mastering
Janna Terrasi – A&R administration
Kathy Frangetis – A&R assistant
Courtney Blooding – production coordinator
Maggie Cashman – production assistant
Matt Taylor – art direction, design, additional photography
Ellen Wakayama – art direction
William Claxton – photography
Eric Ogden – photography
Hugo Boss – wardrobe
Bruce Allen – management

Studios

Additional recording at Capitol Studios and Conway Studios (Hollywood, California); Signet Sound Studios, Westlake Audio, The Village Recorder and Record Plant (Los Angeles, California); The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Masteted at Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York).

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
In the News	9/10
Okayplayer	4.45/5

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	13
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)	9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	1
French Albums (SNEP)	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	1
Irish Albums (IRMA)	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	10
Polish Albums (OLiS)	11
Portuguese Albums (AFP)	9
Scottish Albums (OCC)	2
Scottish Albums (OCC) Special Edition	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	3
UK Albums (OCC)	2
UK Albums (OCC) Special Edition	3
US Billboard 200	1
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	2
French Albums (SNEP)	37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	26
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	25
UK Albums (OCC)	66
UK Albums (OCC) Special Edition	18
US Billboard 200	39
Chart (2008)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	80
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	84
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	37
UK Albums (OCC) Special Edition	27
US Billboard 200	51
Chart (2010)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)	94
US Billboard 200	188

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	34
US Billboard 200	188

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	5× Platinum	350,000^‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)	Gold	10,000^*
Belgium (BEA)	Gold	15,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)	4× Platinum	400,000^{^}
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)	Gold	15,000^{^}
France (SNEP)	Gold	75,000^*
Germany (BVMI)	Platinum	200,000^{^}
Hungary (MAHASZ)	Gold	3,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)	Gold	30,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)	Gold	35,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Gold	7,500^{^}
Portugal (AFP)	Platinum	20,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)	Platinum	30,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI) Standard edition	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI) Special edition	3× Platinum	900,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	2,244,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)	2× Platinum	2,000,000^*
Worldwide 2007 sales	—	4,100,000
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.